Chapter 9 – Bickering Disperse
Sakura woke with a stir as the sunlight hit her eyes from the window as it rose. Then realised with a jolt, she had stayed where she was the whole night. It was cold at night, so why didn't she wake from the cold?
She soon realised that she had something thrown over her.
It looked strangely familiar to the cloak that Naruto wore. When she looked at it more carefully, it was his cloak!
She looked fast over to him; he had his back to her, and looked as if he was sleeping without qualm. She frowned, he was okay, in a little less then two days. She sighed remember that the one her age had a recovery rate that was through the roof. Of course, he would be okay in less then a week!
She couldn't feel her legs, so she got up slowly and stretched, as she did she realised that she was actually wearing the cloak. Not that she had put it on herself. Now she was very confused, and a little worried.
She felt a weight on her shoulder, and looked to find the miniature on her shoulder with that that knowing look he always had when she was confused.
He woke up in the middle of the night, and you were freezing! He got himself up and put his coat on you. He cannot freeze to death, you can.
She stared at the miniature, then to Naruto.
'Right… I knew that…' She said awkwardly.
She sat down again, looked at the window, and saw one of the bluebirds fly past. She sighed then watched as Naruto moved from his side to his back, to his other side, which was facing her, but he slept on. He didn't have his whiskers showing which meant, she guessed, that he wasn't totally out of it.
'Hm… I need a drink; do you think he'd mind me stealing his cloak for a bit longer?' She asked the Kit that looked to her from her shoulder, and gave her that knowing look which was starting to scare her.
I do not think he will care if you danced on it and spilt water all over it, if you did that, he would probably be more worried about you getting sick or hurt.
With a laugh later, she walked out of the room, towards wherever there was a place to get a drink.
Sakura walked around the whole hospital perimeter and found out there was nothing selling drinks of any kind! Not even water!
Soon enough, Sakura was tired, and the miniature looked as if it wanted to die.
She had also noticed she got many weird looks, and then noticed it was because of the cloak, and the creature walking near her left ankle, that was actually walking for once, to keep by her side and he looked bored to hell and back. Sakura didn't find the attraction or the stares funny. She wanted to run up to Naruto in her time and give him a big hug.
She sighed then walked out of the hospital down to the market, they HAD to have something there! The Kit wasn't even holding himself up anymore; he was more of balancing himself on his stomach on her shoulder.
After an hour of searching, she had FINALLY found a drink stall. Grasping a bottle of water, she paid the man, and was off back to the hospital, while finding a pocket in the cloak to put the bottled water in, after drinking some her self. And after Kyuubi had flipped the bottle and took it for him-self. She found herself staring at the creature until she grasped the bottle back from him and he pouted, she had the sudden urge to whack the miniature over the head with the bottle, but didn't, having no idea what would happen if she would.
As soon as she got into the building she went slamming into someone's back, the miniature was forced off her shoulder he made a horrible sound as he crashed to the floor, and she was forced backwards onto her rear.
'Ah! I'm sorry!'
When the person turned around, Sakura realised it was Tsunade…Even worse!
Tsunade started laughing, as Sakura picked up Kyuubi who looked like he was out cold, she made an eerie throat noise towards that. She thought she would never see the day when Kyuubi was knocked out…by hitting the floor no less… then again… this was the same creature that a day ago was prancing around in the falling petals like a little pansy.
'That was hilarious...Sakura?' Tsunade just realised who it was who bumped into her by her pink hair.
'Yes?' Sakura looked up from looking worriedly at the miniature.
'What…are you wearing…?'
'Eh? Oh, Naruto's cloak, I apparently was here all night, got cold, he woke up, he put the cloak on me, I woke up, got a drink, bumped into you…. I think there's something wrong with Kyuubi!!' She broke of her tangent in a little panic for the failed demonic creature, which had passed out.
That was then when Tsunade realised that there was a miniature Kyuubi in her hands, as she lifted it up to her face.
'Hey? Hello? Are you home?' Sakura asked worriedly of the Kit in her hands.
DO I LOOK LIKE IT?! Kyuubi responded to her question.
'Jeez…' Sakura said after she was blown over by the sound.
That hurt what is the floor made out of…?
'Dunno, Tsunade-sama? What's the floor made out of?'
Tsunade blinked, and this caused Sakura to believe she didn't know.
'There's your answer, she doesn't know. Let's go before you make a scene again…'
Sakura then walked away, while making sure Kyuubi got onto her shoulder, so hopefully he wouldn't fall off, and Tsunade looked as if she was going to laugh again.
She walked into Naruto's room, to find him sitting up and looking out the window, as soon as she stepped into the room, he turned to her.
'Hello Sakura.'
She blinked for a moment, and then walked up to him.
'Are you okay?'
Naruto laughed.
'I'm fine. Hello to you to.'
She didn't know what to do.
'Do you… um… want you cloak back?'
'You can have it for awhile longer.'
Sakura nodded and sat down, while the miniature jumped down to the bed, and looked rather angrily towards Naruto, who looked impassive to the glare whereas others would have probably flinched.
Sakura knew he was talking to Naruto, a recount of what had happened, maybe…but whatever it was, it was a long talk. Naruto didn't even speak, just kept nodding, and looked as if he would laugh here and there.
Not long after the miniature lay down and Naruto looked towards Sakura, who seemed to be dozing off.
'You tired?'
'Hm-m…'
'You should get more sleep, then…'
Sakura blinked. It was as the miniature said. He did get worried.
She made a nervous laugh her response.
By the end of the day, Naruto looked as if he was still tired out. As Sakura walked home, she cursed herself for giving his cloak back. It was warm.
When she walked into the room the next day, the first thing she noticed was that the miniature had jumped to her shoulder, and Naruto was looking out the window. She sat down on her chair that she sat in before.
'What are you looking at?' Sakura asked, interested in what he was doing.
'The bluebirds….'
'What…? Where…?' Sakura walked over to the window, she couldn't see any bluebirds.
'There.'
'Where…?'
'There!'
'Where…?!'
Tsunade took this unfortunate time to walk in, and stood by the door, watching the two like a growing tennis match.
'THERE!'
'WHERE…?!'
'THERE, DAMN IT!'
'DAMN IT WHERE…?!'
'WHAT ARE HELL ARE YOU FIGHTING ABOUT?!'
They both turned in fright and the miniature that had jumped off Sakura's shoulder amidst of the fight, fell of the bed in fright, and yet made that horrible noise Sakura had heard when he fell of her shoulder before.
'Oh dear, the pansy kitsune has fainted again.' The Kit jumped up to the bed, and turned to glare towards Sakura, while Naruto looked as if he wanted to laugh.
WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!
'I think you heard her well, but if you didn't, she called you a pansy kitsune, that's harsh.' Naruto retold him, trying to hold in the laughter that was threatening to force its way out.
The miniature looked as if he was sulking, jumped of the bed, and went under the bed, and wasn't seen for a while.
Naruto was looking up at the darkened ceiling again, it was nearing night, and he wasn't cold, Sakura had previously fallen asleep again, she was using his bed as a pillow for her head. However, he didn't seem to mind. He had just given her his cloak again; making sure her arms went in to the sleeves as well, when the temperature dropped slightly, making her shiver. Sakura didn't wake. The miniature finally came up from under the bed, and shot Naruto a look of defiance.
'Hey, it's not my fault; you're the one who looked like a pansy, toying around with flower petals.' He said quietly not wanting to wake Sakura, the miniature shot her sleeping girl a worried look and went back to studying Naruto.
I was bored, all right!
'Yeah, yeah…I've figured out how to get home.'
The Kit looked shocked. You have…?
Naruto didn't make a response, and after awhile, the miniature suspected that he had fallen asleep; he then shrugged and settled on the bed, and curled into his tails.
Naruto knew how to get home. However, there were several things, which he had to do before that.
One was being shedding the light on him in this time, and Sakura. This would be fun.
The other one was concerning Sasuke. This could wait.
Sakura walked out the hospital with the miniature on her shoulder, she was somewhat scared of the foxy little grin the fox had… but… she kept walking.
'Hey! Sakura-chan…!' A familiar voice yelled from somewhere behind her, she looked behind and saw the Naruto her age running towards her. He stopped up short in front of her, the Kit who was by her ankle had its head to one side as he studied the young version of Naruto, of course, he had seen Naruto this age, and still it was weird. He then got up, walked over him, and looked straight up at him, while both Sakura and Naruto blinked at him. The Kit seemed to blink then pull on the clothing by his ankle as if to say he wanted him to kneel down, he did, only then did the Kit jump to his knee and place a paw on his chest, while Naruto looked stunned. The Kit had its head to one side again, then after a minute, he jumped off his knee and went to sit by Sakura's ankle while he got up, again.
'Hey.' She said back to him, ignoring the fact that the miniature had jumped to the top of her head; Naruto looked to her head where the miniature had just jumped to, and wondered silently why she didn't do anything about it, or why she wasn't being burnt by its chakra force.
'Uh…?'
'I don't think you should ask. If I knock him down, the pansy is gonna faint on me again.'
The Kit on her head then started to growl and its chakra flow came out in its growl, Naruto flinched while Sakura did not.
'Yeah, yeah, growl all ya want.'
'…Uh…Sakura-chan…I don't think you should—'
In that split second, the miniature had somehow managed to trip Sakura, who went straight into Naruto, who went straight onto the floor. Both watched stars go around their heads.
As they both came around, they realised what had happened, and shot apart.
'What the—' Sakura was saying but caught sight on the miniature who was sprawling its legs in the air, laugher itself to death. 'I'M GONNA MURDER YOU!'
With that, Kyuubi looked up, stopped laughing and got himself out of her range, then bolted for it(kind of weird that the fact that Kyuubi is scared of her, but still), with a very pissed of Sakura on his heels and Naruto not so far behind her (having figured out what happened).
They both took to the roofs as the miniature took to running in the crowded street, before people had spotted him that was, they soon got out the way, and so then, they both were able to follow him on the ground…Ignoring the quizzing looks and glares as they ran after him.
'I'M SO GONNA MURDER YOU!' Sakura yelled to the running miniature.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY!
'DAMN IT YOU SOUND LIKE YOUR MASTER!'
I WILL BE SURE TO TELL HIM YOU SAID THAT!
Kyuubi shot right, into an alley, and they skidded to follow, then he skidded around someone's heels and Sakura stopped, making Naruto stop by via her back, they both nearly tumbled over into the dirt below.
'Now what is going here?'
They both looked up to see the older Naruto frowning as if he was confused. Who had his hands in his pockets, and they both wondered where his headband was for a quick second before they saw Kyuubi poking his head from around his heels, to look up at him.
THEY ARE TRYING TO KILL ME!
'I highly doubt that, they couldn't even if they seriously meant it…You know how she is, and you still try to piss her off and run her down, you're never gonna do it, give up.' He went on while frowning down at the creature that seemed as if he was cowering behind him, while the two looked at him with a frown.
SAKURA WILL VERBALLY ABUSE ME! SOAK ME IN OILED WATER!
Naruto started to laugh. 'And where would she get oiled water from?'
Sakura animatedly pulled out oiled water, and Kyuubi fled back behind his heels.
I TOLD YOU SHE IS GOING TO KILL ME!
Naruto chuckled then looked to Sakura and his younger self.
'What's your side?'
'Well, he tripped me (somehow) into Naruto, who fell to the floor; Kyuubi was laughing so hard—!'
Naruto frowned, but didn't say anything, but looked as if he wanted to laugh.
'No harm done, is there? Kyuubi's being an odd ball like he always has been…'
She said that I sounded like you! She said that you were my MASTER!
'Well, that is kind of true….' He stared down at the Kit that was again poking his head out and looking up at him, with an eyebrow raised.
Kyuubi looked as if he had no morals left. The older blonde then sighed; the miniature who was now sitting by his ankle, seemed to forget at the moment what was going on and quickly looked to the blonde he was by the ankle of with a concerned frown. Both the teenagers looked to him, and saw the man was frowning uncomfortably at something.
'What's wrong…?' They asked him worriedly.
He looked to them both, and felt the miniature prod his lower leg in confusion with his nose worriedly.
'I'm getting so many weird looks.' Everyone there stiffened, while the Kit flinched visibly to the teenagers. While the frown was still on, he picked up Kyuubi and let him on his shoulder, even the creature was staring at him uncomfortably. 'And it's not because of Kyuubi. I'm used to them...' He placed his hand over the creature's head as if to calm it. Then his frown increased. 'Damn it, I am not Minato.' Everyone there frowned and blinked, not following his way of thinking.
'Huh, I do look like him…maybe I should henge…' He was in thought mode now. Then he suddenly thought of something. 'That ought to be fun. Come on, Kit.' With that, he disappeared, leaving the two teenagers blinking in confusion.
Well, that totally failed. Naruto was thinking as he walked away, and while watching the miniature trying to regain any dignity he had left.
'I don't think you should try anymore. How 'bout you take up the role of an adorable nine tailed neko?' He suggested simply.
ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!
Naruto laughed and kept walking, all the same, Kyuubi thought up ways to kill him self.
It had been a week, and nothing had changed, everything that happened between Sakura and the Naruto of this time would be somewhat foiled, and it would end up with them chasing a laughing miniature Kyuubi. It was wonders how they never figured out something was up.
Naruto sighed, and Kyuubi came prancing into the room, with a welt on his head, looking very too little pissed.
'Ouch, that looks like it hurts.' He flinched in sympathy for the Kit.
Why the damn, do you got to be so damn stupid now?!
'I seriously don't know. For how many times I've gotten hit in the head…' He trailed off, and Kyuubi looked at him expectantly.
…Figured something out yet…? That, which, hope fully does not get me whacked by two very pissed teenagers. I am not sure which is worse, Naruto or Sakura.
'Let's hope. Come on.'
Naruto left the room to find them, while Kyuubi raced to keep up with him.
'Hey! Come here!'
Naruto looked to see Sakura and himself coming towards him.
'Can you tell us something?' Sakura asked, as the miniature jumped from the floor up onto Naruto's shoulder and looked towards Sakura.
'Why the hell is that thing following us?'
'Ehe… so you figure that out…'
Both of them looked towards each other, then back to him, suspiciously eyeing him.
'…Haha… Ja'ne!' With that, he vanished.
'Why do I get the feeling he is up to something?'
'Because he's you...'
With that, Sakura sighed and kept walking.
'Hey! Hey! What did you mean by that?!'
'You're such an idiot. And Kyuubi goes and says I know nothing.'
'Hah. That's hilarious… Better leave them alone, they'll do what they gotta now that they're suspicious…'
Where does that leave me? I am bored to heck here…
'You can always spy on them… Though you might get hit, and run around the whole village…Talk to your other-self, you said you were able to do that before, that sounded like fun...He must have had a heart attack, not to mention Naruto as well...' To the Kit's glare he coughed. 'Hit your head against a wall…?'
Sounds like fun!
Naruto looked to the Kit, finding his voice very sarcastic. Kyuubi had grown very none-evilly-sarcastic over the years, something he learnt from Naruto.
'Suit yourself.'
That I will.
He then lay down and went to sleep curling up in his tails, all the while Naruto was laughing yet shaking his head at the Kit's antics.
Naruto was laying on the bed in the Guest room of the Hokage tower with his head on his arms, looking up to the ceiling, when the miniature jumped onto the bed, and sat near his side, the prodded Naruto's side with his nose then looked to him.
Today will be interesting for them.
He looked to the Kit with a frown, he couldn't think of a good reason that today could be interesting at all for him or the Kit, the younger Naruto and Sakura were starting to be a bore, and there was nothing else to do.
'How so…?'
The Emo-kid is early.
'Ah. Well, this is something to get outta bed for, come on.'
With that, he got up, grasping his cloak, which was on the end of the bed; he left the room, with Kyuubi on his shoulder, to walk to the Hokage's room.
By the time Sakura came rushing into the room, Naruto looked as if he was boring himself to sleep by looking at the ceiling piece above him, and the Kit by his feet actually looked asleep by the way he was curled in his tails, like he didn't care at the moment. However, they both looked to her, once she had closed the door, and frowned similarity.
'Hey, Sakura…Where's Naruto?' He asked; he frowned harder when he said his own name, and yet meant someone else.
Sakura shrugged, and the one in the room sighed as if it was a big to do.
'For the love of Hokage… Kyuubi go drag his ass in here….That would be hilarious to watch, actually...Don't hurt him too much, okay? I will remember it.'
Kyuubi got up, grinning silently at the idea; then nodded and vanished out the door
Sakura looked to him frowning.
'I would rather say what I want to say once.' He told her.
Sometime later, the Naruto of this time came in; massaging a bump on his head, and Kyuubi pranced in after him now looking as if he owned the world, and then jumped to the older Naruto's shoulder. He was starting to frown at his younger self.
'Do I really wanna know?' He asked of the Kit, but then quickly noticed the bump. 'I told you not to hurt him.' He scolded the miniature that was on his shoulder and looked like he was still brooding over something.
He called me a pansy!
'Well… you are.'
Kyuubi looked up at him and glared.
'Don't give me that look, you're all demonic looking, and yet you prance around all day, and play with flowers.'
Kyuubi grumbled something and didn't speak to any of them.
'Anyways…!'
They looked stunned to hear what he said; he in return just scratched the side of his face, and looked REALLY bored, Kyuubi who had settled himself in his tails, notched his head a little and opened one eye to him.
'I'll deal with him; I've done it to many times before…' The older blonde said simply, making the other blink.
Stupid boy with the Sharingan eyes…He ignored my warning, and went to kill you anyway. Kyuubi interrupted, and all eyes fell on the miniature, which was stilled curled up in his tails, the older blonde lent down to him, and placed his hand over his forehead. The others in the room blinked not understanding what was going on.
'We're not talking about Uchiha Madara here.'
Kyuubi looked to him still with one eye open. While everyone else in the room was watching the exchange between the two.
There is a difference? Apart from the whole I am going to avenge my clan…No wait, Madara says otherwise, suddenly Itachi is innocent and everyone in Konoha is to blame? I do not like the kid. He may be better now... You cannot deny he almost killed you…at least five times...
Many people blinked to the Kit, though Naruto picked him up as he stood up, and held the Kit to his eye level.
'…You see…? That's why I have you.'
You would be in your grave by now…
Kyuubi looked physically scared of the thought, his nine tails didn't even flick, a sign that the older blonde knew that only happened when he was distressed, he, seeing this, placed his hand over his forehead. Then, when he seemed calmer, Naruto situated the miniature on his shoulder.
'Now…Now…We've lost track of the original thought here.'
Thought we were on track. Still talking about the Emo-boy...You have forgiven him too many times...
'Like I haven't forgiven you too many times…' His voice was heavily scented with sarcasm, yet they could still hear the other unidentified emotion there. While the sudden trickle of fear went through the others listening in. It was one of those conversations you could easily tell it was said and disputed many times.
The Kit blinked several times then looked to him and groaned as if he didn't like what was said.
I still do not like the boy. He has caused too much of a ruckus for one not of our situation.
'True…But current time of things will apply here. Okay?' To those still watching there seemed to be talk among the two that didn't reach their ears.
Kyuubi nodded and jumped off his shoulder and nestled into the ground close enough proximity to Naruto, he might as well have been lying on his foot.
'Will he know about you…Sasuke, I mean?' Sakura asked out of curiosity.
'Doubt it, he might be smart. But who wants to trouble his small mind any further?' he asked, while the Kit snorted.
He started to walk out, while Kyuubi jumped up, then got ready to jump to Naruto's shoulder, but then stopped as if he had remembered something, then jumped anyway.
'I don't know how flashy it'll get so…forewarn people of a storm, that'll get them to stay inside…Always works.'
'It does?'
Naruto nodded, and then Kyuubi ran along and leaped from Naruto's now outstretched arm and darted towards the open window, then leapt out, and darted upwards, or it could have been downwards, depending on who was watching the figure.
'It'll look like it's going to rain in a few minutes.'
Everyone blinked, but said nothing. Then in a short while later, they ordered that a fierce storm was about to start, people fearing of the last storm they had, didn't even leave their houses.
Naruto walked towards the gate, in a few minutes Kyuubi was back, and the clouds began to swarm, looking as if they were going to rain down.
'Nice.'
Kyuubi looked as if he was grinning, proud of himself, for actually doing something.
He stood looking at towards the main gate, though every now and then the wind picked up, going along with the pretend storm.
A second later, Naruto jumped to one of the buildings nearest and watched silently for a few minutes, til he nodded, and Kyuubi darted towards the gate, to where Sasuke now stood pinned down by what looked like air to the untrained eye.
'Well, hello.'
Sasuke looked up hearing a pleasant-like voice, to see someone he didn't even know standing in front of him, that wasn't standing there a split second ago, he already knew that moving wasn't an option. For whatever type of shield had been put over him, he wasn't going anywhere until he found someway through it, or whoever placed it on him, broke it. He somehow doubted the both of them.
'Sorry to put the hold on you, but knowing you, you probably came here to kill everyone. So yeah… all is far.'
Sasuke frowned.
'Who are you?'
'Ah-hah, didn't take you long. Let's just say, I know you, and you don't wanna know who I am.'
'And why is that?'
Naruto suddenly turned around.
'What are you two doing here?'
'Tsunade-sama asked us to go to see if you needed help.'
'Ah.'
Naruto turned back to Sasuke, who was seeing if he could move even his arm.
'I wouldn't do that…'
Sasuke being Sasuke tried it, and was burned by trying to, and Naruto sighed.
'Told you…'
Kyuubi came bounding over the buildings and looked as if his pace would hurt anyone who got in his way, and when he stopped dust kicked up.
There are ninja coming through the south and west gates. Have nothing to do with Sasuke. However, they might pose a threat.
Naruto nodded, and held out his right arm, and several chakra shots of red came from it then were gone in a flash.
'Ninja coming through the South and West might do us some good to spy on them.' He said towards Sakura, who knew what was happening with the red chakra, nodded and stayed where she was; she knew the Kyuubi on his shoulder would be able to tell if anything went wrong. By the look of him, he was still bored, and yet he was growing tired. Her eyes wondered to the sky then to Sasuke. How much strength did that pull on him? Then he had to go and make more miniatures? He was either insane, or knew what he was doing. She went with both, considering it was Naruto.
He turned his attention back to Sasuke, who hadn't moved, not that he could.
'Let's get this over with, shall we?' He wasn't talking to himself, but to Sasuke, the thing on his shoulder growled back to him.
'We all know Uchiha Madara, well they might not, but hey, they aren't concerned at the moment.'
'How did you know about him?'
'I know many things.'
Sasuke was beginning to think that this person had a huge ego, or he just knew his stuff.
'I'm not on pretty good terms with him. So yeah…What he told you about your brother being a spy and was ordered to kill the Uchiha clan was a lie.'
All the people gathered there blinked and either and a blank look or a look of distrust.
'What he did that night was him working alone. Hell I wouldn't take it if he and Madara were good pals.'
Sasuke stared at him as if he couldn't do anything else.
'Listen Uchiha Madara wants to use you to kill Konoha, his last few attempts half only worked.'
'"Half only worked"?'
'Well his first attempt, bringing Kyuubi to Konoha failed, yet before Kyuubi could be sealed, many people and the Yondaime managed to get killed in that time.'
He looked as if he soaked that up, and Sakura looked to the younger Naruto in alarm, but he seemed impassive to it, and looked as if he was listening.
'And his other attempt, well, I guess more than half worked…Because more or less the entire Uchiha clan was cleaned out.'
He looked as if he took that in as well.
He stayed quiet for a while, and no one really expected him to talk.
'How do… you know this?'
'I told you before, I know many things.'
'And that saying is starting to piss me off…'
Naruto grinned to him, but only for a short second, til his attention was turned to his right, and Sakura behind him became alarmed.
'Kyuubi…'
The creature on his shoulder nodded, and bounded off in that direction. Now it was Sasuke's turn to look bewildered.
'That was…?'
'Hm-m…'
'That means…?'
'Hm…'
Sasuke frowned even more, as he did, he could see the same marks on his face as Naruto behind him, he suddenly became pained for some reason.
However, this confused him even more.
'What…?'
'Told you, him finding out would confuse his little mind more then it should.' He said to the two behind him, while then sighing and pinching the bridge of his nose, and his eyes closed.
Then in a flash, he jumped back in a quick motion then was fighting someone. Kyuubi dashed from somewhere and jumped to Sakura, as a kunai propelled its way towards the two, but bounced of as an invisible barrier held it back and melted it. Fire then dashed across the scene. When they looked again, nothing was there.
'That surely was a not complete waste of time, why the heck did you let them through?'
I was not sure what they were doing.
'Ah fair enough. Whatever,'
He looked as if he was bored again, but he turned his attention back to Sasuke, who looked as if he really didn't want to believe what he was seeing this person was faster than himself, even with the sharingan he could barely pinpoint him!
'Yes?'
'…'
'I once said that I would die if Sasuke ever became speechless, but now? I seriously can't be bothered.'
Kyuubi jumped of Sakura's shoulder back to Naruto, who had his hand to the side on his face. Sakura saw his and walked up to him.
'Are you okay?'
'Hm… using too much chakra for my liking…' he replied to her ears only.
She looked worried.
However, he had his attention back on Sasuke.
'So what are you gonna do?'
Sasuke frowned, and Naruto took that, as he didn't know what he was talking about.
'Are you gonna plunder and destroy, or come with us?'
'Do I have a choice?'
'You do. Though I thoroughly want you to get through that head of yours, however thick it might be, what's right.'
'How do you know Madara?'
Naruto sighed, and Kyuubi bristled angrily as if he knew the name.
'I know him because I know Pein, and Pein is just a pain in the spine area. Anyways, Madara hates me, feelings mutual. I think he wants me dead… because he thinks that then he'll be able to control Kyuubi….again.... Not gonna happen. Madara and Pein came to the village in my time, and I fought them, before I could do anything, and before I was aware of Madara, I was sent back here.'
Sasuke didn't know what to make of that, but this person had to be Naruto. The Kyuubi on his shoulder was one thing, the other was the markings on his face, which were showing more clearly now, then when they first met.
Kyuubi hissed again, and then bounded off his shoulder, over Sasuke, and stood there, all the while, Naruto was sighing.
'They never give up. Seriously, I hate this. And seriously can't be bothered doing anything about it.'
All the same, he put out his arm and several red chakra shots fired from it.
'This is going on forever. And no Sakura bringing out Kyuubi won't help further. I would like the village to still stand in an hour's time.' Sakura shut her mouth, and didn't say what he already knew she was going to say. He then caught a kunai with his pinkie and sighed, he had that bored look on his face again, but the kunai turned blue as he flung it back the way it came.
'For the love of Hokage…!'
With that he was no longer there.
'Where did he…?'
Sakura looked as if she had seen it before; and the other smaller in height Naruto looked around worried, and then the miniature bounded off somewhere.
'He does that a lot….Gotten used to it.'
'How long as he been here?'
'For a month I think.'
'Can he get home?'
'….I really don't know.'
Sasuke said nothing more.
The miniature came running around the bend as if there was no tomorrow, skid past them to stop, the rushed back in the same sped, if not faster, with fire spinning from him; they all saw it connect with something with its attack of fire. Sasuke looked up to see Sakura's worried face.
Sasuke looked again to see Sakura blinking, and then she grabbed the Naruto next to her by the collar and dragged him and herself down. As a kunai came running for where her head should have been, then closely followed by a miniature, which rolled over several times to stop him self, before hitting the barrier holding Sasuke down, it looked to her with a serious face.
I thought that was going to hit you.
'I didn't even know it was coming.'
He nodded, as they got back up, he jumped top her shoulder.
'How is he?'
Fine…Like always. There is a lot; he should not take much longer.
Sakura nodded, and still looked worried.
'Hey, you know, what about me?'
The miniature fell of her arm.
'Ahh…!' Sakura said in alarm as the miniature fell to the ground.
'That was stupid.' Naruto said as he watched the Kit squirm on the floor.
'I agree what the hell?' Sasuke agreed.
THAT SERIOUSLY HURT! The Kit rebounded and glared at the floor, maybe it would dissolve into fire if he pressed enough chakra into it.
'Uh…'
Sakura looked over to Sasuke who was looking at the miniature as if it was not of the world (which of course he wasn't.)
'You heard him?'
'It said that whatever it was hurt.'
'Huh-uh, he said that.'
Sasuke blinked.
Kyuubi got up and shook his head.
Damn, what is Naruto doing?
'Which?' Everyone there asked, looking towards Naruto who blinked, and Kyuubi fell over again.
DO YOU REALLY NOT KNOW?!
'…'
Kyuubi rolled his eyes, and sighed, then jumped to Sakura's shoulder; then his eyes sharpened as he saw something they couldn't.
DOWN!
He jumped of her shoulder, and they got down, Sakura looked from where she was to see a man being thrown overhead.
'What the heck…?!'
'Kyuubi…! Who the heck were those people?!'
HOW IN THE UNDERWORLD AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?!
'Good point.'
Naruto jumped to them from wherever he was then sighed.
'That took longer then usual.'
Sakura got up, seeing him.
'Are you okay?'
'I'm fine. They must have been those raiders we could never find…' He looked towards Sasuke, after his attention span gave way, making most of them blink.
'This isn't going well, you couldn't move.'
'You only just remembered that fact?'
'There's the Sasuke we all know…and sort of hate!' He finished sort of awkwardly while frowning to himself.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow towards him, but said nothing.
'I still don't believe I got an answer from you.'
He was now frowning.
'Are you still gonna kill the village, or you gonna go with us?'
'I guess…. I guess that I'm gonna have to believe you…'
They were walking back towards the Hokage's tower, after talking to Sasuke whether or not he was going to have chains or he would come on his own will. He had replied that he wouldn't need chains, because of everyone there. (Aka – Kyuubi and the older version of Naruto, who seemed as skilled as the miniature Kyuubi, and vastly more skilled them himself, which he hated to admit)
It had been a day or so, after the bringing back of Uchiha Sasuke, and already somehow, everyone knew about it. Everyone but the older Naruto was faired by it, but everyone seeing that he wasn't faired quickly jumped to think he told everyone. He told him he didn't, so then they all figured it was a thing he knew (from being from the future type thing).
Naruto was walking away from the room where he left Sakura and himself with Kyuubi. Now, thinking back... seeing the Kit's face, it might have not been a good idea, he looked up to see a face he hadn't see in awhile, and spoke without thinking, again, of where he was.
'Jiraiya…?' His voice was stunned.
He turned around, and he was as stunned as Naruto was.
'Minato…?'
'Oh, hell…If people keep calling me that, I'll change my name. Then everyone'll be happy...Seriously, how could I even be him!!?' He said sarcastically yet angrily, while rolling his eyes.
Naruto noticed that Jiraiya was frowning as if he was confused.
'Don't frown like that. It doesn't suit you.'
Naruto then saw something flash in front of him; he quickly grasped it, and held the now not-struggling Kit to his eye level, while also watching Jiraiya look a little stunned.
'What are you doing?' He asked the Kit, who turned awkwardly backward on his back to face him.
I fell…
Naruto frowned. 'From where…? The ceiling…? Didn't know you could fly now... knew you were a pansy...'
…YOU IDIOT…! I WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY—
Kyuubi then was interrupted by a loud crashing noise, as if someone had fell over something, and Sakura's loud voice. 'NARUTO…! CATCH HIM!'
Naruto turned half away around to the voice while still holding the now struggling and petrified Kit. 'Caught him…'
He noticed as he said this, Jiraiya's eyes bulged a little, as if he was stunned. He then noticed that the Kyuubi's eight other tails he weren't holding onto, were flicking angrily in the air. Then Sakura as his younger self came running up the hallway to him.
'Ero-sannin…!' The blonde running with Sakura shouted, now Jiraiya was looking to the both blonde's then to the nine-tailed-thing in the taller blonde's hand.
'Hah! I haven't heard that in awhile. Now, tell me. What has Kyuubi been doing, to create all the noise? Not that he needs to do much, just let him walk down an overcrowded market street, RIOT! I let him do that once…Had fun results….So many people threw kunai at you...' The Kit suddenly growled at him, and one of the tails he wasn't holding onto whacked his arm, he seemed to ignore it. 'Anyways...What has he been up to, this time? I wasn't out for five seconds...Did he set a wall of fire again? That was fun to watch.' He seemed to ramble on; the miniature seemed to growl at him for bringing the fact up. 'Not my fault you forgot things don't like your chakra nature and that wall was in your way…' This time he snarled at him.
'What does he ALWAYS do?' Sakura replied to him in a scolding matter, after trying to skip what he said, knowing it would make no sense, she noticed the other two were having a hard time processing what he said anyway.
'...Besides, being a pansy?' He asked her sceptically.
Sakura couldn't reply to that.
Would you PLEASE let go of my tail?
Naruto then proceeded to drop the kitsune to the floor.
'You didn't say gently.' Naruto retorted sarcastically. The Kit rolled over and had crosses over his eyes, and had animate birds flying over his head in circles. Everyone crouched down to it, curiosity getting the better of most of them, or worry on the older blonde's part.
'The pansy has fainted again.' Sakura sighed.
'Did you expect more?' Naruto asked while looking towards her frowning, conveniently saying this while his younger self and Jiraiya was around, who, of course, had their eye bulging at his words.
'Yeah... kinda...'
'Bad luck, Kyuubi has no dignity left, since... My father sealed him probably...No wait! Back when Uchiha Madara was controlling him the first time...!'
Sakura looked to him blankly; she didn't even understand half of the words that came from his mouth just then.
'You know too much...' She summarised.
'Heh... I got bored...'
'So you look stuff up?'
'Yeah…! Sounded like fun! Digging up old secrets is fun! Now I don't even want to dig things up even more, everything is so overly crossed with everyone…Somehow the leader of underlined Akatsuki seems to know everyone... and everyone knows him…such weirdness…And this happened because of this and this because of that…Huh…I never got around to going to the place where Uzumaki Country was…' He rambled on again, boredly, while the younger blonde stared.
'...?!'
'Shut up.'
Sakura pocked the Kit that still was out cold several times, not noticing the looks she got from everyone but the older blonde.
'It's funny that you expected greater from it...' He told her as he poked the Kit several times, trying to get him to move, seeing as he didn't before.
'Won't he hurt you?' The younger blonde asked curiosity getting the better of him.
'Na, he'll hurt himself in the process, so he never tries anymore. I think he stopped trying after the whole bubble...thing...After that turn of events weren't his fault…Now that I think about it…'
'"Bubble thing"…?' Sakura asked with an eyebrow raised.
'You were there... no... Wait... Orochimaru was being an ass. Was on the other side of the bridge...' He was frowning. 'Actually, I don't know what you were doing... Can't remember much... Remember hurting... bubble-chakra ball thingy hitting several Jutsu walls. Then an explosion...'
Naruto stopped there; everyone was looking at him as if they had been shot at. He looked down to the Kyuubi, picked him up under his shoulder blades, and held him at his eyesight.
'Yo, you failed demonic creature, wake the heck up, you're embarrassing.'
Kyuubi opened his eyes and hissed most of the group backed away as they felt a dense amount of killing intent coming from the miniature, and looked to the older blonde as if he was nuts for provoking it, though he had none expression to say he was worried, he looked more disappointed than anything.
I DO NOT FAIL, DAMN IT!
If someone from the next country over didn't hear that, they must have been deaf or he hadn't allowed them to hear him.
'Hah, yes you do, you can break a damn barrier done by my father, yet you can't break a fall to the FLOOR?!'
Stop it. Stop it right there. That was not even my fault, Minato made the seal like that! And you know that...Go speak to him about it, I'm sure he will love the company.
'Hah, I think that conversation can wait a bit longer. One talk with him was enough.'
Naruto then placed the Kit on his paws, as he grumbled Kyuubi jumped up to Sakura's shoulder then to Naruto. He didn't notice the way the others were looking at him for his last comment.
'We all know you fail... Jiraiya might not, but that's not the point. You shouldn't even TRY anymore. I told you, you could go a play the role of a nine-tailed neko.'
Kyuubi didn't answer, he just glared, which made Naruto grin. He then looked to Jiraiya who looked confused as hell.
'Yo, Jiraiya...Haven't seen you... in awhile...'
'How the hell...?' That was all he could say.
'I seem to intimidate people now. What the heck?'
Naruto shrugged, and Kyuubi moved from one shoulder to the other.
'Is that...?'
'Hm... Kyuubi, go tell Tsunade that he is here. And about what happened with Pein, and afterwards with Nagato destroying Konoha. Perhaps we can change just a little.... Deal…'
The creature looked as if it sighed, then nodded, then pranced away. While Jiraiya blinked several times, and looked to Sakura and the Naruto he knew, they both looked unnerved.
'And no bubbles and fire…!'
Kyuubi shot some extreme words towards Naruto, who laughed at them, though most of them rhymed with fire-truck the words, "go to hell! Kit!" was said. Which everyone thought was insane. The man in front of them was playing around...with Kyuubi....
That didn't seem right, to any of them watching.
Kyuubi returned, grumbling, and as soon as he did, he was jumping to Naruto's shoulder.
She wants to see you, Naruto, about Jiraiya, Nagato and that darn Emo-kid.
He sighed heavily…Then looked at everyone else there. 'Tsunade wants to see me. Now I remember, I better ask her about the Senju clan…' Both teenagers looked to each other with a blank look and Jiraiya tried not to choke, while the miniature rolled his eyes. '...And if she had a son…' He blinked then seemed to stop rambling, while the three watching him looked as if they would faint, the miniature looked as if it had fallen asleep; he then looked to Jiraiya, and grinned evilly. '…Ja'ne...goddofa-za-san…'
As he slid from the hall, he heard several outbursts of "WHAT?" He left with a satisfied evil chuckle, and he knew for sure that the teenagers would drill Jiraiya into the floor with yells...Shame that would have been fun to watch.
The miniature Kyuubi walked ahead of Naruto, who no one had seen for a couple of hours because he was sleeping, but the miniature then stopped and waiting for him to catch up, when he did, he jumped to his shoulder. Sasuke, in his opinion got of lighter then he had the time in his. He was allowed to leave the house, and was actually made aware of the ANBU following him. Naruto chuckled slightly, and the Kit on his shoulder looked at him questionably.
'Think it's time to go home now, huh?'
The Kit on his shoulder nodded.
'Best tell them goodbye. We don't want them catapulting around Konoha looking for someone who doesn't exist, well does, but not the version they are looking for.'
The Kit nodded again, and jumped of his shoulder and started to prance to the Hokage's door, where he sat and waited.
Naruto walked in, after knocking. Nothing was that urgent. He might be reprimanded back in his time, but he didn't really care at that time.
Sakura looked up to see an older Naruto walking in lazily and Kyuubi at his heels, looking equally as lazy. However, the air around them both suited them.
Naruto looked to Tsunade, with his arms folding behind him; Tsunade looked to him from whatever she was doing.
'I thought it would be good to say farewell before I left.'
Attention sparked at his words.
'You're leaving?'
'Can't stay here…'
'You can leave?'
'I've known for awhile...Thought I'd manipulate the timelines with my presence til Sasuke was here.'
'Ah…'
'So you're gonna have to say goodbye for me. Sakura, as you've probably guessed Kyuubi had fun trying to set you up, and, Tsunade, the next time I see you; I hope you will look better in my time, then what I left in.'
With that said, Kyuubi jumped to his shoulder. Both of them looked as if they just figured out what he had just said. Naruto then nodded to each respectively, and then vanished from their sight, like a glimmer star fading.
A few minutes past before any of them moved, but in the end Sakura sighed.
'I better go tell Naruto and Sasuke, and Jiraiya-sama, if he is still around, that he's gone…'
With that, she walked out of the room, looking as if she was trying to keep her tears to herself. Respectively so was Tsunade.
